Wednesday, October 04, 2006

these are my first three autobiographical paintings.
as i moved into painting more and more,
these three paintings came into being.

all three are "mixed media"
(meaning that they have just about everything
from kid's glue/inks to oil paints to styrofoam fill
to decoupage to actual dice to crushed glass
to acrylic paint to even a bit of my own blood --
the latter being the only thing in there quite by accident).

however, as the autobiographical series moves forward
from #1 (canto xiii),
i also move forward into using more and more oil paint --
as can be seen in #2 (OY TIE),
so much so that #3 (what color is fear?)
is predominately oil paint,
although not exclusively.
in all 3, you can see the obvious "not-oil-paint stuff" in there too.

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canto xiii (18" X 14"), june - july 2006
mixed media
autobiography #1

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OY TIE (5" X 7"), august 2006

mixed media

autobiography #2


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what color is fear? (12" X 12"), august 2006

mixed media

autobiography #3


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iwanagara blooms (for steve), (8" X 10"), july 2006
mixed media

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chung (for timmy) (5" X 5"), july 2006
mixed media


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neofinetia falcata (for leslie) (12" X 12"), july 2006

mixed media

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birthday still life (12" X 16"), may 2006
mixed media
this piece was on display at the sf 2006 open studios exhibit (9th and brannan). now? it belongs to one absolutely amazing young woman.